A WHITE JADE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CARNELIAN AGATE BACK MASSAGER

細節

A WHITE JADE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CARNELIAN AGATE BACK MASSAGER
QIANLONG PERIOD (17361-1795)

Composed of a semi-translucent white jade handle carved with lobed stylised lotus buds and petals divided by beaded collars, the terminal carved and pierced as a lingzhi spray, the head of the massager fitted with a gilt-metal fork aligned with five revolving bud-shaped beads made of jade, lapis lazuli and carnelian agate
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) long

來源

Christie's London, 10 December 1990, lot 217

出版

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 159

展覽

Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

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拍品專文

For other examples of back massagers, see Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 192; and Qingdai gongting shenghuo, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 294, for three massagers made of different material.